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3acknowledgementsA statement printed at the beginning of a book expressing the author's or publisher's gratitude to others.

‘the reproduction on page 50 wasn't mentioned in the acknowledgements’

‘Many people contributed information in several research areas, as noted in the acknowledgements.’

‘For a variety of reasons it has become my custom to mention my former colleague in the acknowledgements for my books.’

‘Besides an expanding list of acknowledgements, however, the first 220 pages of this edition are just as we found them in 1997.’

‘I'll be glad to credit you in the acknowledgments as having thought it up, and send you an autographed copy saying the same…’

‘The volume is divided into nine sections, including an introduction, followed by suggested readings and acknowledgments.’

‘As the acknowledgements state, the book was commissioned by the US Army's Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence and is intended for use by members of the intelligence community to predict the outcome of ethnic conflicts.’

‘You write in the book's acknowledgements that ‘a brief sighting’ of Jules Beckman ‘triggered the whole idea’ for the novel.’

‘But I would like to know if these acknowledgements were ever published in a real book.’

‘After all this, it is hardly surprising to learn from the acknowledgments that he has been talking to Paul Auster, whose recent Oracle Night treats with some of the same topics.’

‘Academic writing generally makes use of such scholarly apparatus as introductions, provisos, disclaimers, acknowledgements, notes and references, bibliographies, and indexes.’

‘The acknowledgements refer to the author's debt to Cordwainer Smith.’

‘In the acknowledgements, Das expresses appreciation for his mentor's perspective.’

‘Neither are there any acknowledgments, footnotes or a bibliography - no indication at all of the sources used.’

‘Irritatingly, the author offers no notes and only in his acknowledgements does he point out which survivors he interviewed and what books he drew his narrative from.’

‘He has been given unfettered access to Murdoch's papers, and his list of acknowledgements is impressive.’

‘The book has a total of 448 pages including notes, bibliography, acknowledgements, photo credits, and the index.’

‘The book's acknowledgements and introduction do not get it off to a good start.’

‘Look in the acknowledgments of novels written by your heroes.’

‘I didn't have a graduate seminar or a team of colleagues working on phases of the project, but as my five pages of acknowledgements may suggest, I got a lot of help from friends as well as strangers.’

‘Lloyd finished writing this polemic last October, according to the acknowledgments, and he does briefly concede that the world has moved on from his initial premise.’